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Mammals of Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)

Total number of species: 23

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Delphinidae Sousa sahulensis Australian humpback dolphin V QAI I
Bovidae Bos taurus European cattle II
Suidae Sus scrofa pig II
Canidae Canis familiaris dog II
Canidae Canis familiaris (dingo) dingo QA
Dugongidae Dugong dugon dugong V QAI I
Muridae Melomys burtoni grassland melomys C QA
Muridae Melomys capensis Cape York melomys C Q
Muridae Melomys sp. C QA
Muridae Rattus rattus black rat II
Muridae Uromys caudimaculatus giant white-tailed rat C QAI
Muridae Zyzomys argurus common rock-rat C QA
Emballonuridae Taphozous australis coastal sheathtail bat NT QAI
Hipposideridae Hipposideros diadema reginae diadem leaf-nosed bat NT QAI
Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus robertsi greater large-eared horseshoe bat V V QI
Megadermatidae Macroderma gigas ghost bat E V QA
Pteropodidae Pteropus scapulatus little red flying-fox C QAI
Macropodidae Macropus giganteus eastern grey kangaroo C QA
Macropodidae Notamacropus agilis agile wallaby C QAI
Macropodidae Onychogalea unguifera northern nailtail wallaby C QA
Macropodidae Osphranter antilopinus antilopine wallaroo C QA
Dasyuridae Dasyurus hallucatus northern quoll C E QA
Dasyuridae Phascogale tapoatafa tapoatafa brush-tailed phascogale C QA

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Mammals of Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land), WetlandInfo website, accessed 5 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-cape-melville-cypal&Class=mammals&Kingdom=animals

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